Stupid question about coloured horses???

[baleofhay]

If a horse is bay and white but has a black forelock and tail is it tri coloured or do mane and tail colours not count???? Sorry just dont know what to reply when people ask what colour my new horse is????

 

[Eceni]

Do you mean it's chestnut and white but mane and forelock are black? In that case, yes, it's a tri-colour

mane and tail always count, so if it has 3 colours, it doesn't matter where they are

in accurate terms, it's a bay tobiano, to distinguish it from a chestnut tobiano which has no black.

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[baleofhay]

Dark brown and white with white mane black forelock and lovely thick black tail.

 

[KatB]

Yep, tricolour

 

[baleofhay]

Was quite pleased with tail as everyone says much easier to look after. Your horse is stunning.

 

[KatB]

Thank you!

Yeah I had a coloured with a white tail before my boy now, so made sure I brought one with a black mane and tail

 

[baleofhay]

Here she is

 

[Eceni]

Stunning horse!

want

but can't afford

and in any case, no room

sigh

good luck

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[joshesmum]

My friend has a tri coloured horse but when she applied for his passport she was told there was no such colour as a tri coloured and he is down as a skewbald.

 

[Twinkle Twinkle]

Any colour apart from black and white is a skewbald. I have a palomino and white and he is classed as a skewbald.

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

I've always been told that mane and tail colour do not count, therefore a tri coloured horse must have brown and black pigmented markings on its body.

This link, page 3, gives information on tri colour, and is taken from the BSPA website - hope it helps.

http://www.bspaonline.com/pdf/2008/colours-booklet-2008.pdf

 

[volatis]

Your horse is bay with tobiano gene giving her the white patches. As we dont call solid bays bi-coloured, I dont see what we call bay tobianos tri-coloured over here. She's a bay tobiano

 

[Wiz]

Definitely bay skewbald - I've had 2!
Tri coloured is only if they have 3 coat colours - don't think I've ever actually seen one nor can I imagine hopw it would come about.
She looks lovely

 

[mandy4727]

Mines a bay tobiano. Black mane and tail.

 

[Tia]

Mane and tail colours don't count with the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) either.

http://www.apha.com/breed/coatcolors.html

I have 2 APHA's, both have black in their manes and tails, but this does not count.

One is a bay roan tobiano (he has half a black mane and has black on his legs)

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And a bay tobiano;

 

[KatB]

Skewbald IS tricoloured. Anything other than black and white is skewbald. SO she is tricoloured, but would be passported as skewbald. Mine is the same as Calli, but has black points, so TECHNICALLY has 3 different colours on his coat....

 

[Asimmons]

Wow! Tia's bay tobiano is BEEEAAUUUTIFUL!!!
In fact ...all the horses on this post are gorgeous. Top of my shopping list!!

 

[Tia]

Thank you Apricotfox

. My 2 tobianos are brother and sister.